Mangaluru: In a joint press conference organised by District JD(S) and District Congress, Dakshina Kannada Congress President Harish Kumar informed that former minister Ramanath Rai will the formation of Joint Electoral Committee of Cong-JD(S) alliance in the District.

The press conference was organised on Sunday at District Congress Office and was attended by several leaders of both the parties in the District.

Harish Kumar added “Leaders, workers and activists will jointly work in the constituency to ensure the victory of Congress candidate and youth leader Mithun Rai. The constituency was in the hands of BJP for 27 years, so now it is time to change the hands. It will now come to Congress”.

JDS President Vittal Muhammad Kunhi said “Our goal is to defeat Nalin Kumar Kateel and we will jointly work for this cause in the coming election”.

Former minister B Ramanath Rai, Amarnath Shetty, Abhayachandra Jain, candidate Mithun Rai, Chief Minister's parliamentary secretary Ivan D'Souza, former legislators Moidin Bawa, JR Lobo, Congress leaders Kanchur Monu, Dhananjaya Adphangayya, JDS leader MB Sadashiva and others were present during the press conference.

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Kolkata, Apr 26: Authorities at the Kolkata airport on Friday received an email claiming bombs were planted at various places on its premises, triggering a frantic search across the facility, officials said.

However, the mail, which threatened that the bombs will explode at 12.55 pm, turned out to be a hoax, they said.

Security agencies at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport (NSCBIA) conducted a thorough search operation following the email, said Aishwariya Sagar, the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Airport Division of Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate.

“After carrying out an extensive search operation, the security personnel concluded that the threat was a hoax,” she said.

Airport authorities, the CISF and the Bidhannagar Police are jointly carrying out an investigation to determine the origin and sender of the email, the officials said.

“We are in the process of tracking the origin of the email,” Sagar said.